Following my comments at Massey’s Academic Board it was noted that the Eight Year Rule regulation could disadvantage traditional distance learners. It was agreed that communication to students of the rational for this regulation should be clear and immediate. Furthermore, the provision of negotiated pathways should be highlighted. Without a student voice in this process, [...]
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What good do student reps do? A cutting question for a student representative. I expect that students would continue learning regardless of whether or not student representatives exist. But there is a case to be made to support student representation. In a committee today some papers were tabled that changed the learning Outcomes and number and [...] Today Academic Committee, a committee of the Board, approved the introduction of the ‘eight years to complete’, ‘award a qualification that a student has not enrolled in’, and ‘complete under current years regulations’ regulations. The eight years to complete regulation states that students have eight years in which to complete their undergraduate qualification. If they [...] There has been further discussion regarding the manner in which the ‘eight year rule’ and ‘complete on that years regulations’ will be implemented. As you know academic regulations have been passed that introduce an eight year limit and also require students to complete their qualification under that year’s regulations, not the enrolling year as has [...] Ranking Universities by measuring completion statistics is yet another attack on part-time students. The concequence of lumping all student completions into a single statistic is that part-time students bring the ‘score’ down. This then acts as an agent of change; where Universities reduce their options in part-time study and look to enrol more full time [...] A new regulation is proposed by Massey: “there will be an eight year maximum time for completion of any one Massey University qualification.” Driving Change – Tertiary Education Minister Stephen Joyce For students, this means you must complete three papers per year – with no failed papers and no breaks, [...] A trial of new regulations is underway. It is called the Failure to Engage Pilot. Each year a number of students do not engage with their study. They may have believed that they have unenrolled or they may be enrolled as a full time student in order to receive an allowance and decide that one [...] LET ME STUDY! Distance Education has fallen out of favour with our Government. For Massey students this may translate to missing out on a place if you are not enrolled with a qualification pre-specified. It may also mean that you cannot get a place if you are new student and it will mean strict [...] It came as a shock even though the signs were there. I feel more could have been done to prevent this from happening and more could have been done to advise students in a more timely way. That said it is clearly the Government’s Tertiary Education Strategy (TES) that has closed Massey’s doors this summer. [...] University study? Think again. Massey and other universities around New Zealand are being forced to introduce regulations that deliver on the Governments Tertiary Education Strategy. Forced because some institutions would prefer to maintain a student body that reflects New Zealand’s education needs, not some reactive strategy that fails to understand educations role in society and [...] |
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